You can probably walk every inch of the Earth and not find a place that’s as mysteriously majestic as Machu Picchu. The city in the sky not only takes your breath away, it forever changes the meaning ...

Machu Picchu, the royal retreat of the Incan emperor Pachacuti, sits atop the Urubamba Valley in Peru. Meaning "Old Mountain" in the Quechua Indian language, the complex was constructed in the 15th ...

Reason: Machu Picchu is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world. Machu Picchu is tangible evidence of the urban Inca Empire at the peak of its power and achievement—a citadel of ...

The thing about world-famous landmarks is that they exist in a kind of collective-consciousness bubble. We are all so familiar with what they look like, but the iconic images become almost detached in ...

When Katie’s brother’s dream Machu Picchu proposal plan is accidentally derailed by the daring Chef Carlos, Katie decides it’s only fair to ask if he’d be willing to help her rectify the situation.

Machu Picchu is the granddaddy of archeological sites. Set in the Andes Mountains, the site was once an estate for the Inca emperor, as well as a place of worship and education. When the Spanish ...

Until the archeologist Hiram Bingham came across it on this day, July 24, in 1911, most of the world thought the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu was lost, as was their capital Vilcabamba. As TIME ...